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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1920
Page
19
The market extended the down turn with Reading stock under pressure after a strong rally. New York and Boston activity showed mixed gains, call money rose to 10 percent, and officials warned of further liquidation risks while American Woolen posted strong annual results and Bingham advanced on ore developments.
The annual report for 1919 is now ready detailing the company’s financial results. It outlines earnings, expenditures, and key developments achieved during the year with emphasis on performance by department and notable activities for investors.
The report covers several firms from Central Leather to Allis Chalmers and Union Pacific. It notes earnings declines for many, resumes dividend hints at New Cornelia and Lee Rubber, and potential stock dividends at International Harvester and Crowell & Thurlow. The pace of 1919 versus 1920 results is contrasted with guidance on future payouts.
The Steel announcement after the close showed mixed signals as no extra dividend was paid though earnings beat estimates. Quarterly earnings reached about 42 million with a 3.91 per share surplus. March earnings surged helping prospects for the current quarter.
Fragmented report notes brokers and customers facing loan rate changes with percentages cited. Mentions commercial paper and recorded gains, but details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
A dense alphanumeric catalog excerpt lists numerous corporate promissory and preferred stock issues. Entries include names like Wamsutta Mills Savannah River Lumber and Canadian Cotton with prices and bond denominations, spanning mills, manufacturers, utilities, railway and mining concerns along with dated securities such as 5M Indianapolis Water 4 1940 and 5M Guanajuato Redd Mines 6s 1924.
For sale stock listings include Walter Baker Chocolate Pepperell Mfg Co Lanett Cotton Mills Tremont Suffolk Manomet Mill Rights Merrimack Chemical Poscasset Mfg Library Bureau Northwestern Powercom Lancaster Mills Whitman Mille Naumkeag Steam Cotton Richmond Lace Works U S Envelope com New Hampshire Rys pfd U S Worsted Springfield Rys 1st pfd Massechus Cotton Mills Nashaws.a Mills Worcester Consol St Ry pfd Nyanza Mills Lincoln Mnf Co New England Cold Storage Granite Mills Androscoggin Mills American Linen West Point Mfg Chace Mills Edwards Mfg Brookside Mills Farr Alpaca Continental Mills East Coast Fisheries U S Worsted Income Ctr Telephone Main 460 Cable Address Tockin TM.
New York market notes a Supreme Court Reading case influence, weak foreign exchange, and proposed retroactive 80 percent war tax. Rails like Central of New Jersey and Delaware Lackawanna show strength with unions and transcontinentals, while American Woolen and U.S. Steel report earnings. Total sales 1,250,000 shares. bonds steady. war tax progress eyed.
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